Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free.
You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.
The sum of all that lives is God.
Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.